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Where does “expressio” come from?

expressio (Latin) comes from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

expressio (Latin): expulsion; expression, pressing

Definitions

  1. expulsion; expression, pressing

Ancestry of “expressio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tiō—
2Latindissertātiō—
3Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
4Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
6Latincalceusshoe
7Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
8Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “expressio”

  • expression
  • expressionless
  • overexpression
  • expressionism
  • expressionist
  • expressionistic
  • coexpression
  • expressional
  • subexpression
  • expressionlessly
  • misexpression
  • reexpression
  • underexpression
  • expressionistically
  • expressionlessness
  • nonexpression
  • inexpression
  • hyperexpression
  • microexpression
  • immunoexpression
  • antiexpressionist
  • hypoexpression
  • expressionlet
  • viscoexpression
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